Improvement in apparatus for pitching barrels



tntri hm @mit @ffm ALEXANDER A. C. KLAUIOKE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGN OR TO CHARLES F. SMITH AND HENRY C. COMEGYS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No. 110.373, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FQR PITCHING BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in than Letton Patent and making part of the same.

` erencerbeing had to the accompanying drawing which makes part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a central longitudinal section of my improved apparatus;

Figure 2 is a perspective view ofthe same; and

Figure 3 is a detached view of part ofthe same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

My invention consists- First, in hinging the entire lower part or bottom of the furnace so that it may constitute an ash-box, which can be instantly emptied whenever desired; and

Second, in the arrangement'of the hot-air blastpipe above the grate, so as to prevent ashes, cinders, dac., from .being blown into the barrel to be pitched.

In the drawing- A represents` the furnace, the bottom B of which is hinged at b, and held in position bya spring catch, C, which latter, when released, will allow the bottom B to drop and swing on the hinge b.

The tire-grate D is arranged in the furnace just above the bottom B, so that, when the latter' is dropped, a common poker may be introduced under the grate to rake the lire.

Instead of introducing the blast-pipe at the bottom of the furnace and under the grate, I introduce the same at the sides above the grate, one branch E of the pipe entering the furnace at each side and opposite each other.

These branches E unite at the center into one pipe, F, which rises upwardly at right angles to the branches E a. short distance, so as not to extend above the flames of the tire.

The branches E and the pipe F are freely perforated, so that the blast may be exerted over the whole surface of the lire.

On the outside thebranchesE unite in the blow-pipe G, which may be connected to any suitable fan-blower.

I form flanges, a, on the outside ofthe furnace, at suitable distances from eachother, which flanges or lugs have a dovetail groove on their under side, into which tit the dovetailed tops of legs H.

Three or four flanges or lugs, a, may thus be formed on the furnace, which will thus be sustained by legs instead ofa frame, which legs can readily be removed when it is desired to pack or move the apparatus. It will be readily understood that I dan use one blast-pipe only, as shown in fig. 1 and in dotted lilies in tig. 2, instead of the double branches shown in full lines in figs. 2 and 3. I

A great desideratum in these machines is to prevent ashes, cinders, 85e., from being blown into the'barrel. This I accomplish by leading my b|ast pipe over the grate as described, and,fby releasing the spring catch' C, the bottom B can be instantly dropped, by which means all the ashes, oinders, .850., ar'e at once dumped ont and the tire raked with a common poker. Anil this can be done in a remarlrablyshort time, and withont interfering in any way witlrthe continuous operation ofthe apparatus.'

Having thus described my invention,

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The hinged bottom B of the furnace A, when arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. The arrangement of the hot-air blast-pipe above the grate, and perforating its branches B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The ilanges or lugs a, on the outside of the furnace, in combination with the legs H, when constructed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: ALEXR.. A. C. KLAUOKE.

HORACE H. BRQWER,

A. M. DAmnLs 

